David Samford

"Assertively move toward the problem."

Contrary to popular belief, David was born and raised in Kilgore, TX where he learned to draw as soon as he could hold a pencil. He’s been an illustrator, painter, freelance designer and now helps Cypress Interactive with incoming design work.

David currently attends Kilgore College working towards his Design Communications degree and is slowly making the transition from night owl to early bird.

April Hubbard

"I help manage the money at Cypress. If you pay your bills, we'll have a great relationship!"

April has been working with Cypress for +5yrs, faithfully serving in our accounting department. She is ruthlessly honest, and will do whatever it takes to help our clients with additional information, statements, and whatever else you need in the area of billing.

Jeremy Johnson

Born and raised in Longview Texas, I currently reside in Kilgore, where I am attending college part time working towards a web design degree. I enjoy spending time with Jesus and in His Word. I love seeing people fully hand their lives over to the Lord and learn to trust in Him.

My hobbies include spending time with family and friends, photography, movies and games, and ever since I got my first computer around the age of 12 I’ve been hooked. Thanks to Coy Lothrop, geocaching is climbing the chart rather quickly as well.

Bo Bolding

Bo has a non-active role in Cypress but is a valuable member of our leadership team. In addition to helping start Cypress Interactive with Bruce, Bo has developed a private school, planted a church, and been instrumental in helping several other businesses find success. A gifted encourager and visionary, Bo and his wife Beth live in Longview, Texas with their 4 children.

Seth Barber

Seth lives in the Pacific Northwest surrounded by trees and all manner of green flora. He is convinced the sun is trying to kill him and thus gladly welcomes the many rainy days. Since 1995 Seth has been actively involved in the Internet from making web pages, running and administering servers, and developing web application suites.

Sam Smith

Orginally from Dallas, TX, I now live in North East Texas. Growing up I always had a passion for art, so I took the next step and attended Kilgore College, where I was an Advertising and Graphic Design major. I've been fortunate to work in the web, print, and graphic design field since leaving college. Some of my favorite activities include spending time with family, playing the guitar, working out, working on my car, and walking my dog.

Coy Lothrop

"In all things, challenge yourself."

Originally from Louisiana, I recently set up shop in East Texas - yep, I've settled into the "small town" life and I'm perfectly ok with it (insert facial tick here). With a background in drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, and graphic design, I combine years of digital design experience with a fine artist's education to lead the creative front of this company. I received my education from Kilgore College and the University of North Texas where I was a Fine Arts major in both Painting/Drawing and Graphic Design. I also work as an adjunct professor for the local college giving back my knowledge of the field to the next crop of young creatives. I still love what I do.

I'm a loving husband, a thankful father of three, and honestly, a pretty big geek. Outside of the office, I love to write - a closet horror novelist wannabe; I'm a video game addict; and I enjoy cracking ciphers - don't ask. I love to play with my kids, pamper my wife, and work in the yard. I have a passion for Mexico missions, prefer backpacking and canoeing over technology, and I am looking for an effective rehab program for releasing me from the ironclad grip of Taco Bell's grade D 'edible' meat and McDonald's McCafe coffee addictions.

Andrew Del Prete

Originally from Las Vegas, NV, I currently reside in North East Texas with my wife and two sons. I graduted from Kilgore College in 2004, with a degree in Advertising and Graphic Design. When I'm not designing and coding websites, I am at home spending time with my family and friends. Other than designing, my favorite activities would be triathlons, lifting weights, or anything else that involves me being away from the computer for an extensive amount of time. I love playing the guitar, and I play every Sunday at church.

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." - Philippians 4:13

Ed Wellein

"I enjoy challenges. Fortunately our clients enjoy presenting them with regularity. This keeps me fresh, and on the look-out for new and exciting technology that we can explore."

Ed started with Cypress at its inception. With over 10yrs of programming/technical experience, Ed is a trusted source for many of our most long standing clients. His humility, and 'can-do' attitude is contagious, and he follows that up with an impressive work ethic that gets the job done on time. Ed has the distinct privilege of owning 7 of his own children with his wife Lorrie. They live in Vancouver Island, BC.

Aaron Blakeley

Born and raised in the East Texas area, I met and married my wife Nikki and had a wonderful son Gideon here. I started out my career as a graphic designer. Later I migrated my skills over to web development where I not only designed and programed but managed the content of a website with pages numbering a thousand plus. I am happy to be helping here at Cypress as a Project Manager and applying my understanding and skills to benefit the designers, developers and clients, because I have been all of you at one point or another. I like to spend my free time writing, playing with my son, loving my wife and being creative in general.

"God has made life weird, amazing, exciting and full. It has its ups and down and I am so thankful he put it all together. Who could have done better?" - Anonymous

Bruce Crowe

"The most valuable asset of a technology firm in my opinion are the people. This is truly the strength of our company."

Bruce founded Cypress Interactive in 2003, and continues to actively oversee the company. His focus is on technology shifts in the industry, and ensuring Cypress employs the best people in the business. He and his wife Deborah along with their six children moved to Eastern Europe in 2008 to be involved in missionary work, including economic development in Ukraine.